Mobile information terminal device, information processing method, recording medium, and program

a technology of information processing and information terminal, which is applied in the field of mobile information terminal devices, information processing methods, recording media, and programs, can solve the problems of cumbersome operation and difficulty in fitting into the display frame only a predetermined amoun

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-06-02
SONY CORP
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[0010] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and thus the present invention is intended to make it possible to photograph a text or the like including character

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However, when photographing the character string by fitting into the display frame, a user must photograph the character string while taking care of the size of each character, the inclination of the character string, and the like, and this has been

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[0043] While the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described hereinafter, an example of correspondence between the disclosed invention and its embodiment(s) is as follows. The fact that an embodiment is described in the present specification, but is not described here as corresponding to an invention would not mean that the embodiment does not correspond to the invention. Conversely, the fact that an embodiment is described here as corresponding to an invention would not mean that the embodiment does not correspond to an invention other than the invention.

[0044] Furthermore, this description would not mean to comprehend all the inventions described in the specification. In other words, this description should not be construed as denying the presence of invention(s) which is described in the specification but which is not claimed in this application, i.e., the presence of invention(s) resulting from divisional applications, appearing and added by amendment, an...

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A mobile information terminal device of the present invention comprises photographing means for photographing a subject, first display control means for controlling a display operation of images based on the photographed subject by the photographing means, selection means for selecting an image area for recognition from the images the display operation of which is controlled by the first display control means, recognition means for recognizing the image area selected by the selection means, and second display control means for controlling the display operation of a recognition result obtained by the recognition means. According to the present invention, the characters included in the photographed images by the mobile information terminal device can be recognized. Particularly, a predetermined area is able to be selected from the photographed images, and the characters in the predetermined area are recognized.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority from Japanese Priority Document No. 2003-367224, filed on Oct. 28, 2003 with the Japanese Patent Office, which document is hereby incorporated by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a mobile information terminal device, an information processing method, a recording medium, and a program, and particularly to a mobile information terminal device, an information processing method, a recording medium, and a program which are able to select a predetermined area from photographed images, and display the selected predetermined area after performing a character recognition. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] In some of conventional built-in camera type mobile telephones, a character string written in a book or the like is photographed by fitting into a display frame on a display screen, whereby to character-recognize images (...

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IPC IPC(8): G06V30/10G09G5/00H04M1/72403H04M1/00H04N7/14
CPCG06K9/2081H04M2250/58H04M1/72522H04M1/72403G06V30/10G06V30/1456G06V10/10
Inventor MOCHIZUKI, DAISUKETANAKA, TOMOHISASATO, MAKOTO
Owner SONY CORP
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